The statue of Bordeaux
The wine capital of the south-west on the Garonne — the Port of the Moon, city of trade and abundance.
Among the eight monumental statues that crown the corners of Place de la Concorde, each representing a great French city as a seated woman wearing a mural crown, Bordeaux was carved between 1836 and 1840 for the redesign of the square under King Louis-Philippe, led by the architect Jacques-Ignace Hittorff.
History & sculptor
Bordeaux personifies the wine capital of the Garonne, the “Port of the Moon” and one of the busiest trading harbours of 19th-century France. She is the work of Louis-Denis Caillouette, sculptor also of Nantes — the two Atlantic port cities set side by side on the square.
A woman for a city
Like her seven sisters, Bordeaux is a woman: the allegory of the city as a protective, sovereign figure. The mural crown she wears — a diadem shaped like city walls and towers — has symbolised a fortified city since Antiquity. She was placed on the south-west side of the square, turned toward her own region of France.
- 🏛️City representedBordeaux
- ⛏SculptorLouis-Denis Caillouette (1790–1868)
- 📅Period1836–1840 · reign of Louis-Philippe
- 📍LocationSouth-west side of Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris
- 👑AttributeMural crown — emblem of a fortified city
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The eight statues on Place de la Concorde
The map is centred on the Luxor Obelisk so you can take in all eight city statues at once — the one you are viewing, Bordeaux, is marked in red.